Proofpoint, this week reported its second quarter financial results for 2008, hailing it as its “20th consecutive record-breaking quarter” with quarterly bookings, revenue, number of transactions and customer acquisition all reaching their highest levels to date.
The Sunnyvale, California based provider of unified email security, archiving and data loss prevention solutions, also said that business in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region more than doubled from Q1 2008 to Q2 2008.
“Proofpoint has enjoyed continued growth across all major markets in Asia Pac. A number of sectors are proving strong, including education, with key wins including University Technology of Sydney, and Universitas 21 in Singapore,” said Gerry Tucker, Regional Director for Proofpoint in Asia Pacific.
During the quarter, Proofpoint introduced the Proofpoint Secure File Transfer™ solution, which lets end users send large files—and files that require enhanced security—quickly and easily, while minimizing the impact of large attachments on their organization’s email infrastructure.
The company said it also added new customers, many of which converted to Proofpoint from competing solutions such as Google (Postini), Secure Computing (CipherTrust) and Cisco (IronPort).
“We are thrilled with the current momentum, and will continue to lead the industry with our primary focus on email by bringing the most innovative products to our customers,” said Gary Steele, CEO of Proofpoint.
“Email is recognized as a mission critical business tool, yet many organizations still struggle to keep their email systems safe, secure and easy-to-use. With the ongoing threat of data leakage, the increasing need to archive email and increasing spam and virus attacks, companies need to make email infrastructure protection a top priority. Whether it be with an on-premise solution, a SaaS deployment or a hybrid approach, it is now more crucial than ever that email is secure from inbound and outbound threats.”
Technology analysts IDC estimate that the worldwide messaging security market will grow to a 5 billion dollar market in 2012, with hosted services experiencing the strongest growth (Worldwide Messaging Security 2008-2012 Forecast and 2007 Vendor Shares, IDC, August 2008). |
